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A team of 10 members from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have been deployed in the south-central Ugandan districts of Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono to observe the general election scheduled for Feb.18. IGAD member states include; Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. Speaking to the media on …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has dispatched election materials including ballot papers from the commission’s warehouse in Banda ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for Thursday Feb.18. The EC chairman Eng. Badru Kiggundu told journalists that phones and cameras are not allowed in the precincts of polling stations. He said …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s army said it had taken custody of a top Lord’s Resistance Army rebel captured in Central African Republic, and would transport him home. Okot George Odek, once one of LRA supremo Joseph Kony’s most trusted aides, was held by Seleka rebels in CAR who …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | Monday – A rebel group in the Central African Republic has captured and handed over to US forces a commander of the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), one of its leaders said Monday. “Our forces captured the commander ‘Sam’ at the weekend at …

President Yoweri Museveni has launched the 2nd edition of his book “Sowing The Mustard Seed”. He said, the new edition was necessitated by the need to tell a clearer story in good English. “The English people are writing in Uganda today is terrible. That’s why I decided to write the …

It was a tweet by NTV Kenya on Thursday that got Uganda Talking. Uganda-bound Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were spotted at the G-section of the Port of Mombasa, and the photographs shared thereafter, created a buzz on social media in Kenya and Uganda. It was even a top news item …

The Chief of Defence Forces General Katumba Wamala has promised the country that the army will only play a secondary role to the police in managing the upcoming elections. “The Army is only here to support the police on election day in order to have a peaceful free and fair …

Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Muhammadu Buhari have pledged to work together to fight Africa’s many obstacles to development, one of which is corruption. Buhari last week concluded a visit to Kenya, in which together with Uhuru, they promised to join hands in addressing the many challenges facing Nigeria and Kenya …

Former Coordinator of intelligence services Gen David Sejusa was slapped with a raft of charges at the General Court Martial in Kampala and remanded to Luzira prison on Feb 2, just a few weeks before the highly anticipated general elections on Feb 18. Gen Sejusa also known as Tinyefuza, now …

Public reaction shows why Museveni should not dodge again The debate is the thing. And President Yoweri Museveni missed it the last time – on Jan. 15. Another one is slated for Feb.10. Should he miss it again? The president and his advisors appear to say he should `dodge’ again. …